Colleen Ramos
Associate Dean of Business and Management, DeVry University (Orlando, Florida)
Colleen Ramos serves as Associate Dean of the College of Business and Management at DeVry University. She also serves as a StrengthsQuest Advisor.
Colleen has worked as an administrator in the field of higher education for more than a decade. Her main area of interest has been in starting and developing adult education programs that focus on marginalized nontraditional students.
Colleen has opened campuses in Florida, Georgia, and Texas and reorganized schools in Oregon, Mississippi, and Tennessee. She has consulted with several nontraditional colleges throughout the United States that were revamping their programs for nontraditional students. The key to her success has been positioning the organizational strengths of these institutions to leverage and facilitate the successful completion of their strategic goals. Colleen has introduced the concept of strengths-based nontraditional programs in Oregon, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. She is currently writing a book on a strengths-based approach for nontraditional education.
Colleen resides in Florida with her husband and five children. She earned her doctorate in education and leadership with a specialization in human resource development from Barry University. Her Signature Themes are Maximizer, Strategic, Ideation, Self-Assurance, and Learner.
